Tongra
Hussainabad block · Palamu
district, Jharkhand · PIN 822116
· village code 365070
Population 2011
1,005
Census of India
Population 2020
642
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-36.1%
-363 people · -4.9% a year
Households
232
+30.3% vs 178 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,005
Male / female
525 / 480
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
914
Children aged 0–6
202
Literacy rate
51.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
190 / 0
Working population
300
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.0%
Households
178
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
389
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
49
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
128
Non-farm households
32
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
51 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
30 / 51 / 45
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kosi panchayat, Hussainabad zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹21.31 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.56 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹6.89 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.98 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.72 lakh · received ₹3.82 lakh · spent ₹1.90 lakh · left ₹7.65 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.58 lakh · received ₹5.74 lakh · spent ₹4.99 lakh · left ₹16.33 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.5225, 84.0697 —
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